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210. Is fasting worth it? With Georgi Dinkov

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The Effects of Gelatin on Muscle Protein Synthesis

In older people, even if they consume a lot of protein, it doesn't seem to trigger the exact same muscle protein synthesis as it does in younger people. The way to do it naturally and safely is to basically balance it, just as we said, with something like, let's say gelatin. So when these women were consuming just 20 grams of gelatin daily, the levels of these amino acids, which are biomarkers of muscle breakdown, drastically declined. But long story short, if you lower the inflammation in an elderly person, this restores their response to the anabolic response to protein.

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